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Since I've been a member here, I've read about TCS cats that just can't NOT break into cabinets on a regular basis.
Usually, there is a particular reason they do this, namely, to steal from their owners. Dry food, flour (8-Bit, of course,) bread, catnip, whatever that individual kitty's particular "jones" is for.
Until last month, I had never experienced this phenomenon. I felt superior, for my cats are GOOD cats, and don't "break into" anything.
Well, times have changed, along with my living quarters. In our new apartment, the cabinets are a little older, and the magnet closures don't catch and hold as well. A couple of them won't stay shut at all, they just slowly swing open.
I have a little wooden stool (my daughter used it to stand on in the bathroom when she was a little girl, so she could reach the sink.) I have been placing it up against the two cabinet doors on the floor that won't stay closed.
For a little while, that worked...but then I started coming home to find that the cabinet door was ajar maybe 4 inches, but still up against the stool. What do I keep under there? Pots and pans, that's it. The cat food is on the other side, a side that I have no issues with.
So I knew that the door wasn't opening itself against the stool - but I didn't know who was getting in there. Until this past Saturday. I was in my office at the computer, when I heard a quiet little "ssskrrrreeeeeee" sound of wood pushing against wood coming from the kitchen.
I QUIETLY ran into the kitchen just in time to catch Ginger walking into the cabinet!
I pulled the stool out of the way, swung the cabinet door all the way open, which startled her (she thought she was being sneaky enough that she wouldn't get caught) and told her in a loud voice, "BACK!"
She scrambled out of the saucepan she was sitting in very quickly, and throwing a guilty look at me, took off into the other room.
I closed the door, pushed the stool back up to the cabinet, and haven't had to move it since.
YET.
Usually, there is a particular reason they do this, namely, to steal from their owners. Dry food, flour (8-Bit, of course,) bread, catnip, whatever that individual kitty's particular "jones" is for.
Until last month, I had never experienced this phenomenon. I felt superior, for my cats are GOOD cats, and don't "break into" anything.
Well, times have changed, along with my living quarters. In our new apartment, the cabinets are a little older, and the magnet closures don't catch and hold as well. A couple of them won't stay shut at all, they just slowly swing open.
I have a little wooden stool (my daughter used it to stand on in the bathroom when she was a little girl, so she could reach the sink.) I have been placing it up against the two cabinet doors on the floor that won't stay closed.
For a little while, that worked...but then I started coming home to find that the cabinet door was ajar maybe 4 inches, but still up against the stool. What do I keep under there? Pots and pans, that's it. The cat food is on the other side, a side that I have no issues with.
So I knew that the door wasn't opening itself against the stool - but I didn't know who was getting in there. Until this past Saturday. I was in my office at the computer, when I heard a quiet little "ssskrrrreeeeeee" sound of wood pushing against wood coming from the kitchen.
I QUIETLY ran into the kitchen just in time to catch Ginger walking into the cabinet!
She scrambled out of the saucepan she was sitting in very quickly, and throwing a guilty look at me, took off into the other room.
I closed the door, pushed the stool back up to the cabinet, and haven't had to move it since.
YET.